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I think it was Weierstrass who first gave a proper definition in terms of epsilon / delta (e,d). To say it more precisely: We say that the limit lim x -> c f(
by foxes 8y ago
I think it was Weierstrass who first gave a proper definition in terms of epsilon / delta (e,d). To say it more precisely:
We say that the limit
lim x -> c f(x) = L,
if for all e > 0, there exists a d, such that for all x, if
| x - c | < d,
then
| f(x) - L | < e.
- Patient0 8y agoThe history seems to be summarized well in this wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(%CE%B5,_%CE%B4)-definition_of_limit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(%CE%B5,_%CE%B4)-definition_of...